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15 million [pounds sterling] boost for e-fraud projects.

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AuthorPrickett, Ruth
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The latest projects on the government's MI programme unite psychologists with technology experts to counter high-tech crime and improve business confidence.

Psychologists and social scientists working along-side technology experts have come up with a new wave of high-tech projects to tackle computer crime and boost individual and business trust in e-commerce. Funded jointly by the public and the private sector, the projects are part of the second phase of the government's Management of Information (MI) programme.

"It is not only important for consumers to have confidence in the security of commerce -- it is just as important for businesses to have protection from consumers," pointed out Patricia Hewitt, the minister for e-commerce, who announced the projects. "And no business wants to be the next one featured on the the front page of the papers because a hacker has released details of thousands of customers' credit details."

The seven leading-edge IT projects will receive a total of 15 million [pounds sterling]. They include Fiducia, a joint scheme by London School of Economics and De La Rue InterClear, which aims to develop a standardised approach to digital certificates, and Frisc, an attempt to counter fraudulent insurance claims, which is being devised by psychologists at Lancaster University, a leading insurance company and two software firms.

These join six existing projects on developments such as the computer system...

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